Methylphenidate Treatment of Cocaine Abusers without Attention Deficit Disorder: A Negative Report
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- Vol. 11 (3-4), 193-197
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00952998509016861
Abstract
Five cocaine abusers without diagnoses of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) were treated with methylphenidate in an open trial. In contrast to previously described patients with ADD, none of these patients showed clinical improvement or decreased cocaine use.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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